Austen, JKR, and Sirius

[Ebony Elizabeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 2218

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> 
wrote:
>  I only hope Sirius in the end is offered some consolation and 
peace of mind, like Rochester and unlike Dan.
> 
> (At least Jane Austen -- the Goddess bless her! -- Didn't do that 
sort of
>   thing: The worst torture Mr. Knightley has to endure is the 
impertinence
>   of  Mrs. Elton.)

In my outline for the paper, I've already made a note to explore 
something along these lines.  Reading PoA via psychoanalysis, the 
Sirius in the dream-content of the culminating chapters is a 
condensed symbol of JKR's Austen-influenced dream-thoughts.  

Of course, this is all still in hypothesis stage.  

--Ebony (who thanks heaven that there is *plenty* of Austen criticism 
floating around the library)